Dating back more than 12,000 years, this extraordinary example of rock art features a scene involving birds and humans—a rarity for the Paleolithic Period on several accounts. The intriguing artifact ...

Archaeologists have discovered a "major" Paleolithic cave art site in Spain that contains more than a hundred individual designs. The collection of prehistoric paintings and engravings is thought to ...

If this rare discovery is truly evidence of Ice Age artists employing blue, then why don’t we see more blue in Paleolithic art? If azurite was locally available — its isotopic “fingerprint” matches ...

Researchers have discovered a "Paleolithic sanctuary" in Spain featuring more than a hundred engravings of figurative and abstract rock art, dated to around 15,000 years ago. Archaeologists led by ...

Blue residue on a 13,000-year-old stone artifact, long believed to be an oil lamp, may paint a new picture of Paleolithic art ...

I decided to read "A History of the World in 100 Objects" one entry per day, so I wouldn't get too smart too quickly. It's written by Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, and includes ...

Archaeologists have discovered what appears to be the oldest known example of three-dimensional East Asian art in a rubbish pile excavated in Lingjing, Henan, China. The ancient Paleolithic bird ...

Using an unconventional, centuries-old method, researchers have identified hidden animal figures on the walls of a cave in Spain. The technique, called stereoscopic photography, dates back to the ...

In a significant archaeological find, researchers have uncovered a vast Palaeolithic cave art site, potentially the most significant ever found on the Eastern Iberian Coast in Europe. This remarkable ...

Vol. 14, No. 1, Advances in the Study of Pleistocene Imagery and Symbol Use, Part II (Mar., 2007), pp. 81-151 (71 pages) Nearly 200 rock art sites of Upper Paleolithic age are currently known on the ...